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... took Nieuport and Sluys . In Nieuport were 500 French emigrants , and 200 Eng- lish ; the emigrants were shot , but Choudieu , the national repre- sentative , to whom Moreau referred the matter , abstained from carrying out the decree ...
... took Nieuport and Sluys . In Nieuport were 500 French emigrants , and 200 Eng- lish ; the emigrants were shot , but Choudieu , the national repre- sentative , to whom Moreau referred the matter , abstained from carrying out the decree ...
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... took , however , no active steps in the matter , but left it in the hands of the King of Prussia , who had accepted the office of mediator . Baron Hardenberg was accordingly again despatched to Basle ; but the French Government refused ...
... took , however , no active steps in the matter , but left it in the hands of the King of Prussia , who had accepted the office of mediator . Baron Hardenberg was accordingly again despatched to Basle ; but the French Government refused ...
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... took place on the north - eastern frontier till September ; except that Marshal Bender , despairing of being relieved , surrendered Luxembourg to the French , June 5th . The following was the position of the armies on the Rhine ...
... took place on the north - eastern frontier till September ; except that Marshal Bender , despairing of being relieved , surrendered Luxembourg to the French , June 5th . The following was the position of the armies on the Rhine ...
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... took no pains to conceal that they were desirous of war , as appeared from their official journal , the Rédac- teur . There seemed to be little , either in the state of France or of the armies , to justify their confidence . But they ...
... took no pains to conceal that they were desirous of war , as appeared from their official journal , the Rédac- teur . There seemed to be little , either in the state of France or of the armies , to justify their confidence . But they ...
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... took up a position with 15,000 men in the gorges of Tyrol ; while Bonaparte seized Peschiera , and began to threaten and in- timidate the Venetians.2 Venice , one of the oldest European States , was to fall by its indecision and ...
... took up a position with 15,000 men in the gorges of Tyrol ; while Bonaparte seized Peschiera , and began to threaten and in- timidate the Venetians.2 Venice , one of the oldest European States , was to fall by its indecision and ...
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Page 501 - (a free Church in a free State), has been rightly chosen as the inscription on his tomb. § 6. Cavour left no minister to take his place, and the continuance of his policy fell to Victor Emmanuel himself. Carefully abstaining from opening the question either of Rome or Venice, he sought to utilise the interval of peace to break down...
Page 396 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.